High School Sports

The Greater Holyoke YMCA swim team made history and ended a dynasty this weekend at MIT. Greater Holyoke took home its program’s first New England YMCA championship en route to ending the YMCA of the North Shore’s 15-year reign. The Holyoke Y, which trains a large number of local swimmers, finished with 1,667 points across both genders and five age …

A pair of Northampton High School runners won the Northampton Mile road race amid snow falling on Saturday. Tim Foldy-Porto completed the 1-mile course in 5 minutes, 11.6 seconds, while Maggie Mahoney was the first female across in 6:01.23. The Northampton Mile benefits the Blue Devils’ cross country and track & field programs …

Although his team came up short in the Division 2/3/4 Senior All-Star Game Friday night, Cam Earle officially concluded his high school basketball career with yet another outstanding performance. Earle, who drove South Hadley to the WMass Division 2 title, scored a game-high 20 points and was named most valuable player despite his …

SPRINGFIELD — The two games during the regular season between the league rival Amherst Regional and Chicopee boys basketball teams were both blowouts. It appeared their Western Massachusetts Division 1 semifinal rubber match would be decided late in …

AMHERST — Every game is a learning experience and for the Hopkins Academy girls basketball team, the toughest of the season was at the Curry Hicks Cage on Monday. The No. 5 Golden Hawks were not able to …

Four local wrestlers qualified for the New England Tournament based on their performance over the weekend at the All-State meet in Salem, but only one wrestled for a title Saturday. Hampshire Regional’s Brandon Weyant came up a match short of an all-state championship, losing 9-2 in the 160-pound …

Jake Ross of Northampton scored 14 points to pace a quartet of players in double figures for the Williston Northampton boys basketball team in a 64-37 win over Kingswood-Oxford Saturday in West Hartford. Jake Wisniewski had 13 points, Ryan Richmond 11 and Chris Hudson 10 for the Wildcats …

Northampton NORTHAMPTON MILE: Registration is open for the 2015 Northampton Mile to benefit the high school track and field and cross country teams. The race will begin at 10:30 a.m. March 21 on Gothic Street downtown. Awards will be presented to male and female age groups, and there …

WESTHAMPTON — South Hadley sophomore Marley Medina didn’t let the pressure of the postseason get to her as the Tigers season hung in limbo. She and the Tigers had clawed their way to a lead only to watch the No. 4 Hampshire Regional girls basketball team force overtime. …

LUDLOW — For three consecutive seasons, the Belchertown girls basketball team saw its season end in the quarterfinal round of the sectional tournament. With their seniors having one final shot to play at the Curry Hicks Cage, the Orioles put an emphatic stop to that trend Friday night. …

NORTHAMPTON — In the eight Chicopee Comp games that Northampton girls basketball coach Perry Messer watched on video to prepare for his team’s Western Massachusetts Division I Tournament quarterfinal, he saw very little to make him fear the Colts’ outside shooting. But he and his Blue Devils saw …